GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| cryptic | secret |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |